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Graham (GHC) Competitors

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$906.69 -12.32 (-1.34%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

GHC vs. SCI, LAUR, DRVN, MCW, PRDO, AFYA, IRS, HTZ, UDMY, and SDA

Should you be buying Graham stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Graham include Service Co. International (SCI), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Afya (AFYA), IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (IRS), Hertz Global (HTZ), Udemy (UDMY), and SunCar Technology Group (SDA). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

Graham vs.

Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) and Graham (NYSE:GHC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Service Co. International has a net margin of 12.19% compared to Graham's net margin of 4.86%. Service Co. International's return on equity of 31.84% beat Graham's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Service Co. International12.19% 31.84% 2.98%
Graham 4.86%5.79%3.21%

In the previous week, Graham had 2 more articles in the media than Service Co. International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Graham and 4 mentions for Service Co. International. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Graham's score of 0.67 indicating that Service Co. International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Service Co. International
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Graham
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Service Co. International pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Graham pays an annual dividend of $6.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Service Co. International pays out 34.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graham pays out 13.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Service Co. International has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Service Co. International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Service Co. International presently has a consensus target price of $85.25, suggesting a potential downside of 0.18%. Given Service Co. International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Service Co. International is more favorable than Graham.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Service Co. International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Graham
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Service Co. International received 198 more outperform votes than Graham when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.94% of users gave Service Co. International an outperform vote while only 62.33% of users gave Graham an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Service Co. InternationalOutperform Votes
337
67.94%
Underperform Votes
159
32.06%
GrahamOutperform Votes
139
62.33%
Underperform Votes
84
37.67%

Service Co. International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Graham. Graham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Service Co. International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Service Co. International$4.10B3.01$537.32M$3.4424.83
Graham$4.41B0.89$205.29M$51.0717.75

85.5% of Service Co. International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Service Co. International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Graham shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Service Co. International has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Service Co. International beats Graham on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GHC vs. The Competition

MetricGrahamEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.98B$920.57M$8.30B$19.96B
Dividend Yield0.75%6.50%2.78%3.49%
P/E Ratio17.759.7714.9736.42
Price / Sales0.891.397.8217.94
Price / Cash8.1821.3433.2221.28
Price / Book0.971.703.664.59
Net Income$205.29M$21.95M$265.65M$985.93M
7 Day Performance-3.51%0.77%-1.55%0.45%
1 Month Performance14.48%0.09%-2.08%1.05%
1 Year Performance47.78%8.73%15.35%24.67%

Graham Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GHC
Graham
2.0828 of 5 stars
$906.69
-1.3%
N/A+45.2%$3.98B$4.41B17.7519,900
SCI
Service Co. International
2.2836 of 5 stars
$85.40
-0.6%
$85.25
-0.2%
+41.4%$12.43B$4.10B24.8324,922Insider Trade
LAUR
Laureate Education
3.8099 of 5 stars
$18.88
+0.6%
$18.50
-2.0%
+43.0%$2.83B$1.48B11.9528,900
DRVN
Driven Brands
3.4287 of 5 stars
$15.71
-3.8%
$17.86
+13.7%
+23.3%$2.68B$2.30B392.7510,600
MCW
Mister Car Wash
2.1904 of 5 stars
$7.72
flat
$9.25
+19.9%
+3.7%$2.49B$927.07M33.546,600
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
3.7776 of 5 stars
$26.43
+0.1%
$32.00
+21.1%
+56.0%$1.73B$710M13.284,350Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
AFYA
Afya
3.7522 of 5 stars
$16.36
+0.6%
$21.13
+29.1%
-15.7%$1.52B$576.09M13.199,680
IRS
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima
2.1258 of 5 stars
$16.34
+3.2%
$13.00
-20.4%
+122.9%$1.18B$658.73M0.001,401Dividend Announcement
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$3.66
-8.5%
N/A-59.1%$1.12B$9.19B-0.4125,000Analyst Upgrade
UDMY
Udemy
2.63 of 5 stars
$7.55
flat
$11.00
+45.7%
-45.8%$1.10B$728.94M0.001,443
SDA
SunCar Technology Group
1.8913 of 5 stars
$9.48
-5.0%
N/A+45.6%$1.03B$363.75M0.00N/A

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This page (NYSE:GHC) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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